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This week's panel are Dick Vosburgh, Robin Ray, John Thomson and Bernard Bresslaw. Iain Johnstone is the host.

Contributors

Chairman:
Iain Johnstone
Panellist:
Dick Vosburgh
Panellist:
Robin Ray
Panellist:
John Thomson
Panellist:
Bernard Bresslaw
Producer:
Andy Aliffe

A gentle comedy by Caroline Forbes , one of the winners of last year's Radio Times Drama Script Awards.
A young girl helps her landlady carry out an unusual last request made by a recently deceased lodger.
Director John Tydeman

Contributors

Comedy By:
Caroline Forbes
Director:
John Tydeman
Michelle:
Beverley Hills
Sylvia:
Rosemary Leach

Sean Street tells the story of four villages lost in the 20th century.
4: ArkwrigM Town. In 1988 villagers had to be evacuated from their homes because of a leak of a poisonous methane gas. Producer Felicity Goodall

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Street
Producer:
Felicity Goodall

Paul Allen reviews the Tony Kushner play Perestroika, the follow-up to the award-winning Angels in America. Also, a tribute to Sir Hubert Read at Leeds City Art Gallery. Producer Neil Trevithick
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Tony Kushner
Unknown:
Sir Hubert Read
Producer:
Neil Trevithick

In 1948, broadcaster Wynford Vaughan Thomas assembled a crack team of reporters who took a No 3 bus through the heart of London. Some 45 years on, Nick Baker makes the same journey alone - apart from the voices from the original programme. The No 3 route remains virtually unchanged, but London itself is markedly different. Producer Fiona Couper

Contributors

Unknown:
Wynford Vaughan
Unknown:
Nick Baker
Producer:
Fiona Couper

Paved with Good Intentions
What lies behind President Clinton's spectacular foreign policy reverses? Stuart Simon asks whether the world is too unpredictable to be managed, even by an unrivalled superpower, or whether America has simply failed to find the right goals? Producer David Levy

Contributors

Unknown:
Stuart Simon
Producer:
David Levy

by Jennifer Phillips , starring Gary Waldhorn and Harriet Walter.
4: A Toy Boy. Eddie's cab drivers gossip about Aussie newcomer Johnie and his friendship with Angela.
Director Richard Wortley

Contributors

Unknown:
Jennifer Phillips
Unknown:
Gary Waldhorn
Unknown:
Harriet Walter.
Director:
Richard Wortley
Eddie:
Gary Waldhorn
Angela:
Harriet Walter
Slippy:
Norman Jones
Nicco:
Neil Dudgeon
Frendae:
Terence Edmond
Gringo:
Paul Gregory
Nellie:
Eva Stuart
Johnie:
James Telfer

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